Here's a fun audiobook for Lois McMaster Bujold fans. For those who don't recognize her, she is the esteemed creator of the Miles Vorkosigan science fiction saga, as well as The Sharing Knife fantasy series. Her writing is logical and character-driven, with multifaceted believable worlds.
Ethan of Athos takes place in the world of the Vorkosigan Saga. Ethan Urquhart is a doctor in the most patriarchal society possible. Women are considered evil incarnate. No female has been allowed to set foot upon the planet of Athos for generations, and the Athosians believe themselves far better off without them.
In this society, reproduction must be accomplished entirely in test tubes, relying on cultured samples of ovarian tissue. But over the years, the existing ovarian samples have degraded, and when Ethan unpacks the order of replacement ovaries, it’s obviously been tampered with. It’s time for someone to venture off the reclusive agrarian planet to demand some answers and find viable samples, or the Athosian population will die off. Ethan is elected, and tensely girds his loins against his upcoming experience with the evils of the multi-gendered universe.
This book is a playful, action-packed thought-experiment, and Ethan is a sympathetic character with many hidden strengths. Will he find ovaries? Will he realize the inconsiderate jerk who crashed his aircar is not the man for him? Will he survive being drugged, tortured, and wanted by the space station cops? Listen, and find out.
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